Youth accidentally shot in Theodore, say police

THEODORE, Ala. -- A 15-year-old boy was shot in the cheek with a rifle Saturday night in what Mobile police said was an accident.

Police spokesman Officer Ronald Wallace said the 17-year-old who shot the victim is his cousin. Neither youth was identified.

Wallace said the 17-year-old found a rifle shortly before 6:30 p.m. in the woods near a home on Bourne Road in Theodore. He said the 17-year-old came to a car the victim was sitting in, intending to show him what he found.

When the 17-year-old tapped the rifle on the car window, it fired, Wallace said. The 15-year-old was taken to University of South Alabama Medical Center, and Wallace said the youth's injuries were not life threatening.